Do the Right Thing Do your employers’ religious beliefs interfere with your life, or does your life interfere with your employers religious practices? You probably will have the same religious beliefs, as your employer, if you work at a church or some other religious organization. However, imagine you are a women employee who works for a closely held, for-profit company, such as Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby provides health insurance, but does not cover your birth control, due to the business’ religious beliefs, and the lawsuit they won. Do you agree with their decision or do you believe they are treating you unfairly, because they are not giving you the full privilege of health care coverage, disregarding your employer’s religious beliefs? With …show more content…
They only have one simple view. They do not want the government to require them to cover certain birth control methods, to their female employees, which goes against their religious beliefs. David Green, CEO of the arts and craft store, Hobby Lobby, Inc., explains “We believe that the principles that are taught scripturally is what we should operate our lives by … and so we cannot be a part of taking life,” employers with similar views are strictly opposed to the contraceptive method, the intrauterine device (IUD), as motioned in the beginning. IUDs are small (usually around 40 mm long), plastic, “T-shaped” devices that women will have inserted into their uteri, by her health care professional, to prevent pregnancy. After reviewing the opposing side to business’s not providing contraceptive supplies. We see that they do make a great point addressing a great advantage to women using birth control. How birth control is a great way for women to help prepare themselves for the future, and should be encouraged to females that plan to participate in sexual intercourse, and that plan to have a family in the future. However, this does not make a point towards, why employers should provide birth control to their female
In accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, any hiring, terminating, and other terms and conditions of employment utilized as means of religious discrimination against an employees is prohibited. Unless, the workers religious request was causing their employer undue hardship. These acts are mandated that employers reasonably accommodate their full time employees’. Reasonable
Hobby Lobby is a company that has been very public in all of its years in business about their religious beliefs being the foundation of the company. Hobby Lobby’s mission statement can be found on their website. It explicitly states that they believe God has been faithful to them in the past and will continue to do so in the future and because of that they will honor the Lord in all that they do by standing by biblical principles. Hobby Lobby does not believe that they should have to partake in the Affordable Care Act because it requires all companies involved to offer their employees healthcare plans that cover a multitude of things, including full coverage of contraceptives. As a company, they believe that paying for free contraceptives for their employees is compromising their religious beliefs.
amongst women with respect to the issue of birth control. According to Davis, a woman. viewpoint on the matter was highly influenced by their socio-economic status. She explains that the cost of having a child is much more of a burden for the women of the labor class due to the lack of financial stability. For these women only the most dangerous forms of birth control are available.
This lecture on the Pill will focus on the introduction, controversies, and outcome of women’s control of contraception during the mid 20th century. It will also discuss how the Pill became an influential stepping-stone for women activists. I chose to focus this discussion on three questions. First, what did the Pill teach us about the role of women in the middle 20th century? Second, what were the arguments for and against the Pill? Lastly, how safe was the Pill and what effects did women experience from taking it? By centering in on these questions, I hope to provide insight on the struggles women faced before and after this birth control technology became readily available to women in the United States.
The argument that Hobby Lobby, a corporation owned and run by respectable conservative Mennonites wants to be exempt from certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act that would mandate it to provide health insurance coverage that includes forms of abortion birth control also known as contraceptives. For example contraceptives that halt exceptionally early term pregnancies. Hobby Lobby's main argument is that by paying for insurance that provides the health coverage that includes contraceptives for the women that work there, it would be personally responsible on some level for treatment, medications, and devices it objects to. This would in return violate the owners Mennonite religious beliefs.
It’s a privately held corporation that is owned by a group of devout Evangelical Christians. The case of Hobby Lobby vs. Burwell, surrounds around the Affordable Care Act and contraception. Hobby Lobby claimed the government “cannot require businesses to provide drugs that terminate a fertilized egg if they object on religious grounds” (Fox New 2014). Hobby Lobby stated that they would pay for 16/20 contraceptives offered under the Affordable Care Act, but would not offer the four that terminated a possible fertilized fetus, as it went against their religious beliefs and religious liberty. Hobby Lobby also appealed that they have provided contraception to women for years even before the Affordable Care Act. In the end, the Supreme Court recently ruled by a 5 to 4 vote that Hobby Lobby had the right to limit what contraceptives are offered in their employee’s health care plan on religious grounds. The decision was ultimately based around the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which states that “governments should not substantially burden religious exercise without compelling justification”(Tannahill 2012). In other words, Hobby Lobby was going to be burdened with federal fines for not following the law stated under the Affordable Care Act. What also compelled the Supreme Courts’ decision was that Non-Profit Organizations were already exempt
The question of whether or not public schools must offer birth control methods to teenagers remains controversial. There are those who are against birth control being provided in public schools and those who are against it. This paper will describe two issues that prove that contraception should indeed be provided within public schools. The first reason is that most Americans support the idea that public schools must provide birth control methods to students. This is according to results obtained from several opinion polls.
By 1938 the industries annual sales exceeded $250 million and was one of the most prosperous new businesses of the decade. Four hundred companies competed in the market. (485) Aggressive advertising for contraceptives appeared in many women’s magazines and catalogues. Contraceptive products were easily purchased at department stores, through catalogues and even from door to door saleswomen. Ads falsely claimed that their products were “scientifically proven” and recommended by women physicians who “knew” about women’s fears of pregnancy. In an article by Andrea Tone titled Contraceptive Consumers: Gender and the Political Economy of Birth Control in the 1930s, Tone states, “ Many women, spurred on by public attention to birth control but unable to secure the assistance needed to make informed contraception choices, took contraception- and their lives- into their own hands.” (491) The mass marketing of contraceptive devices turned many women on to the idea of being able to decide how often and how many children they
With all the work put into finding ways to prevent pregnancy and help the pain of menstrual cycles, it is a shame to see it denied to women working for big companies. The amount of girls and women who use any type of birth control is very high and continues to stay this way because of the benefits and the percentage of birth control working for these women. Taking away working women’s access to affordable birth control is unacceptable and I hope that one day soon all women will have access to affordable birth
Freely accessible birth control for teenagers has always been a topic of debate, but it prevents pregnancy, abortion, and it also has many health benefits. There are cons to the argument that suggests a rise in promiscuity in the adolescent demographic, but in spite of these cons the rise of birth control continues, because access to birth control helps adolescents make an informed and safe decision on whether or not to participate in sexual activities. It doesn’t make the decision for them.
America has been named the "melting pot" of the world. It houses many different cultures, nationalities, ideas and religions. There are Christians, Jews, Catholics, Buddhists, Mormons, Hindus, Spiritualists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Islamic, plus many more. America is unique in that all these religions are represented in a nation that is only 200 years old. And America has upheld, throughout history, that the freedom and equality of religion is extremely important in order for this nation to function as a free nation. The foundations of America were set as a result of England's persecution; more specifically, England's religious persecution. The colonists wanted to create a nation that allowed people to be free. They desired to speak what they wanted to speak, do what they wanted to do, and practice what they wanted to practice... without the government watching their every move. Thus came religious freedom.
People buy health insurance to cover their medical expenses because accidents and health problems can arise at any time. Many health services are not reaching the medical needs of women and giving them exactly what they need and people don’t realize that there is more to birth control then what it seems. There are a lot of benefits from birth control and it is not just women trying to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Some examples of these benefits include; healthier skin, stopping menstrual flow, and preventing pelvic inflammatory disease. Society needs to be more aware of these benefits so that these women start getting the medical attention that they need. Therefore, birth control should be 100% covered by all insurance companies.
In this essay, I will explain how religion is sometimes used to mobilize against LGBT people, how some people’s religious and personal doctrines conflict regarding LGBT issues, and how religious belief and community can be a positive force for the LGBT community.
Social stability is the capstone of a fully-functioning society. Social stability is about the condition of freedom from social disorder that is commonly manifested in the custom of inter-group conflict and violence (Sengupta, p. 5103, 2004). It is the condition of sustainable development, and welfare, whereas, society would be free of poverty, hunger, corruption, exploitation and inequality (Sengupta, p. 5103, 2004). It is premised on social development, freedom, and harmony (Sengupta, p. 5103, 2004). There are many components which assist in the achievement of social stability; one being social justice through religion. The purpose of this paper is to examine social justice advocated through religion in an effort to attain social stability.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants and employees because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Religious Discrimination as part of the Civil Rights Act is the subject of this term paper.